Lagunitas schools trustee Denise Bohman, a neighbor who manages the Forest Knolls Trailer Court, sent her husband, John, next door to help while she called 911.

Everett's trailer was engulfed, with flames licking at nearby homes.

John Bohman found a disoriented Everett in the burning dwelling and helped him to safety, moved his car farther away and tried to use a fire extinguisher but was turned back by the intense heat. Denise Bohman alerted other neighbors in the tightly spaced 20-unit mobile home compound tucked behind 6700 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

She pounded on the door of one home, rousing a babysitter who awakened two little girls in her care, and all escaped before the mobile home they were in began to smoulder as well.

Everett emerged with what officials called moderate burns and lung injuries, was taken to Marin General Hospital and transferred to the St. Francis Memorial Hospital burn unit in San Francisco. Hospital officials reported he was in critical condition.

No one else was injured in the blaze that destroyed Everett's trailer and damaged three other mobile dwellings, a fence and shed. One home was damaged so badly the family was displaced. A cat died in the blaze.

"It is an act of God and the fire department that no one else was hurt," Denise Bohman said. "The Woodacre firefighters were here within minutes."

Marin County Fire Chief Jason Weber said the cause of the blaze was under investigation, and could not confirm a report it may have been triggered by a candle. He estimated damage at $120,000 to Everett's trailer and $100,000 to three mobile homes.

Twenty-four firefighters at the scene included personnel from county stations in Woodacre, Point Reyes and Hicks Valley, as well as the Skywalker Ranch fire brigade and the Ross Valley Fire Department. Six engines, one water tender and a paramedic ambulance responded. The county sheriff's office and the American Red Cross also assisted.

"Stopping the fire where they did was a difficult task with the trailers and tight spacing in the park," said Mark Brown, deputy county fire chief. "It is pretty remarkable that they were able to stop it before other trailers were fully engulfed."

"They had them all out of the trailers and accounted for by the time we arrived," he said. "That was pretty impressive. At least we knew right away that they were all out and we didn't have multiple people trapped."